# NTSB CHI05LA137: Mazzon Dragonfly, N821KM, Garden City, KS, June 11, 2005 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: June 11, 2005, 17:38 local (22:38 UTC) - Place: Garden City, KS - Coordinates: 37.927501, -100.724441 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9275&lon=-100.7244&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor - Status: Completed, report July 31, 2006 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 61960 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI05LA137 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/61960/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA137 ## Probable cause The student pilot's failure to maintain a proper glidepath during landing and his misjudged flare which resulted in the hard landing and subsequent failure of the nose landing gear. Factors were the aborted landing performed by the pilot and the degradation in climb performance due to the propeller strike. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Hard landing, landing - proper glidepath - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - landing gear,nose gear - failure,total (cause) - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause) - aborted landing - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor) - Propeller failure/malfunction, landing - aborted - climb - diminished (contributing factor) - propeller system/accessories,blade - other (contributing factor) - Forced landing, emergency descent/landing - In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - emergency - terrain condition - ground ## Analysis The airplane was damaged during a forced landing to a field. The pilot reported that while executing a landing at an airport, he landed at too steep of an angle which caused the propeller to strike the ground. The pilot then executed an aborted landing. He stated that he was able to gain about 500 feet of altitude when he "lost thrust" and executed a forced landing into a bean field about 1/2 mile from the runway. The pilot reported no pre-impact mechanical failures. The pilot possessed a student pilot certificate, but did not have a solo endorsement for the accident airplane make and model. On-scene examination revealed that the nose landing gear had broken off during the landing attempt at the airport. ## Factual narrative On June 11, 2005, at 1738 central daylight time, an amateur-built Mazzon Dragonfly, N821KM, piloted by a student pilot, sustained substantial damage during a forced landing near Garden City, Kansas. The pilot had previously executed an aborted landing due to a bounced landing. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The pilot received minor injuries. The local flight originated at 1733. In a written report, the pilot stated that he had been performing touch and go landings. He reported that he landed the airplane at too steep an angle and the propeller struck the ground. He said that he was able to gain about 500 feet of altitude, but "lost thrust" and executed an emergency landing into a bean field approximately 1/2 mile from the end of the runway. He reported no pre-impact mechanical failures of the airplane. The report stated that he had been performing landings to runway 17 ( 7,300 feet by 100 feet), at the Garden City Regional Airport, Garden City, Kansas. The pilot possessed a student pilot certificate. He did not have an endorsement in his logbook authorizing solo flight in the accident make and model airplane. On-scene examination revealed that the nose landing gear had broken off during the landing attempt at the airport. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N821KM](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N821KM-2014-11-26), registration cancelled 2014-11-26, S/N 166, built 1983 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Mazzon Dragonfly - Registry model: [Mazzon Mark A DRAGONFLY](https://openairdocs.org/model/mazzon-mark-a-dragonfly) (registry code 05644FM) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: 166 - Airframe hours: 274 - Engines: Volkswagen 2180 76 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Phillip W. Schloss - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Last inspection: Condition, June 1, 2005 - Departed: GCK, Garden City, KS - Airport: GCK, Garden City Regional, runway 17, 7,300 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 48; injuries: minor; student; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 83 total, 3 in this make and model, 56 as pilot in command ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 0° at 0 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 50 °F - Altimeter: 29.81 inHg - Observed at: GCK ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20050611012249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050611012249A), Jun 11, 2005: Amtr DRAGONFLY, Garden City, KS, Substantial damage. (-23) While attempting a landing at Garden City, KS, N821KM, an amateur built Dragonfly, struck the runway nose first, causing the propeller to shatter and the… From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.